1. Misa has always seen Sarine as her mentor and teacher.
2. Sara has recently accepted Sarine as her sifu/teacher.
3. Meji has growing respect for Sarine and has at least acepted Sarine an an advisor and may accept Sarine as a teacher.
4. Jon, at the least, sees Sarine as a co-conspirator/partner/fellow operative (We don't know whether or not Sarine is boffing him again).
The group dynamics are that Jon is the Alpha Male, Sarine is the Alpha bitch, and the other three females are beta bitches (Although, they may all be alpha children, they're relatively young enough, with Misa being an elder daughter.).
This sticks Sarine with a virtual brood of three talented and rather deadly, but somewhat naive, girls. If they go after Senilis' crypt, they could get it done and even get it done before the Elven expedition shows up. However, it's going to be hair-raising and Sarine won't have a speck of sanity left when it's all done. The bicker-factor alone is going to be off the scale.
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
*shares popcorn with sareth.*
It is almost incidental that, on this journey, Meji may learn enough to make her final exam irrelevent.